If your workplace functioned like a professional team, would it be one you’d actively choose to lead—or stay with? If the answer is no, it may be worth reassessing your environment, alignment, or long-term fit of team players. High-performing teams, whether in business or sports, tend to share a consistent set of characteristics. When you…

It was a cool Northern California morning, the kind where low clouds hovered just above the rooftops. School was still a couple of hours away—far enough in the distance that it barely registered. What mattered in that moment was the job in front of me. I gripped the handlebars, working to keep the bike steady…